china-solomon islands police cooperation was hyped by western media, the ministry of foreign affairs: china-solomon islands security cooperation is "reasonable, reasonable and legal"
2024-08-29
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[global times comprehensive report] the security situation in the pacific island countries has not been optimistic in the past few years. just as this summit was held, the riots in french new caledonia have not subsided. since the violent riots broke out in may this year, the economy and society of the region have been ravaged. according to the new caledonia chamber of commerce, since the demonstrations began in april, the violence has caused serious consequences such as 10 deaths, thousands of unemployment, and tourists fleeing, and the economic losses are estimated to exceed us$1 billion.
papua new guinea has also had a difficult year since last year. since january this year, serious riots and looting have occurred in the capital port moresby and several other towns. the so-called "black wednesday" riots on january 10th led to the burning of many shops and killed at least 20 people. in february, group clashes in the troubled highlands enga province left about 70 people dead. at the end of last month, a robbery gang terrorized villagers in east sepik province, killing at least 26 people.
in november 2021, large-scale riots broke out in the solomon islands for three consecutive days. some radical elements from the "pro-taiwan" provinces entered the capital and demanded the resignation of prime minister sogavare, and looted chinatown and chinese shops. one of the reasons they used to provoke the riots was that sogavare led the solomon islands to "sever diplomatic ties" with taiwan and establish diplomatic relations with mainland china in 2019. in april 2022, china and the solomon islands formally signed a framework agreement on security cooperation. "this caught australia and its long-time ally the united states off guard," afp said on the 28th. china currently has a small but very conspicuous number of police officers in the solomon islands to help train local police. earlier this year, beijing also began to send a police advisory team to kiribati. "the united states is worried that china may one day use these agreements to establish a permanent military foothold in the region."
in the past two years, the police cooperation between china and the solomon islands has been hyped up many times by western media, and the united states, australia and other countries have been pointing fingers at it from time to time. chinese foreign ministry officials have repeatedly stated that the security cooperation between china and the solomon islands is in line with international law and international practice, and is cooperation between sovereign states. it aims to assist the solomon islands in improving its police law enforcement capabilities and support the solomon islands in better maintaining public order. at the same time, it protects the safety of chinese citizens and institutions in the solomon islands, which is reasonable and legal. the security cooperation between china and the solomon islands does not conflict with the cooperation between the solomon islands and other partners and the existing regional mechanisms, and is in the common interests of the solomon islands and the south pacific region. the pacific island countries are all sovereign and independent countries, not anyone's "backyard"; they all have the right to make their own choices, rather than being vassals of others. (yu wen)
